Category: Encouragement

The Special Gift

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Yesterday was a strange day.  Seemed like everyone around me was having a rough time.  Called a company to take care of some business and the staff was so overwhelmed and flustered that they ended up having to call me back three times before all was handled properly.  A friend had gone out-of-town and forgotten an important chore could I go complete the task?  A call for help to find a lost item.  This went on all day long!

When I caught a moment to think and catch my breath, I started thinking.  All of those various people in various places had one thing in common yesterday an interaction with me.  Was that interaction a blessing to them?  Was that interaction an oasis of peace in an otherwise crazy-busy day?


During this holiday season I expect to encounter many more harried, frazzled people.  I am prayerfully determined to give each person a special gift: kindness.  Costs me nothing to be patient with the tired store attendant.  Costs me nothing to express appreciation to the delivery man who knocks at my door.  Costs me nothing to use pleasant tone of voice when making an appointment over the phone.  Costs me nothing to hold the door open just a moment longer so the straggler can slip inside.

Sometimes my own busyness causes me to be thoughtless and self-centered.  I get wrapped up in my own super long to-do list.  I’m asking the Lord to help me to be more deliberate in showing an extra bit of love to those who need it this time of year.  Will you join me?

Monday Bible Promise

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The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 27:1

Motivation Monday

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The Lord declares that the gates of hell shall not prevail against His church. Every sincere member of the church may include himself in these promises and say, “I am the Lord’s. In His strength I am invincible.”

The Upward Look, p.312

Motivation Monday

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“The Lord is in active communication with every part of His vast dominions. He is represented as bending toward the earth and its inhabitants. He is listening to every word that is uttered. He hears every groan; He listens to every prayer; He observes the movements of every one; He approves or condemns every action. The hand of Christ draws aside the vail which conceals from our eyes the glory of heaven; and we behold Him in His high and holy place, not in a state of silence and indifference to His subjects in a fallen world, but surrounded by all the heavenly host,—ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, all waiting to go at His bidding on errands of mercy and love.”

Signs of the Times- Nov. 17, 1898

Monday Bible Promise – Psalm 37:4

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                                         Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

Psalm 37:4

Monday Bible Promise- Isaiah 58:6

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 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

Isaiah 58:6

Motivation Monday

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“As believers yield heart and mind to follow the counsel of the Lord, striving to be worthy of the name of sons and daughters of God, their lives will give forth an influence that will be felt by all with whom they associate. If parents will teach their children to conduct themselves according to the principles of the Word of God, these children will unconsciously teach others what it means to be Christians.”

Letter 90, 1911